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... METRICAL SUBORDINATION In discussing the stress contours of English ( 3.3 ) we gave some attention to the principle of hierarchical organisation and the consequent subordination of certain stressed syllables to others within the ...
... METRICAL SUBORDINATION In discussing the stress contours of English ( 3.3 ) we gave some attention to the principle of hierarchical organisation and the consequent subordination of certain stressed syllables to others within the ...
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... metrical tension when it occurs ) that it can also be satisfied by the sequence + s -s [ s ] + s ... This pattern has therefore become one of the available ... metrical subordination here is more of a fiction METRICAL SUBORDINATION 233.
... metrical tension when it occurs ) that it can also be satisfied by the sequence + s -s [ s ] + s ... This pattern has therefore become one of the available ... metrical subordination here is more of a fiction METRICAL SUBORDINATION 233.
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Derek Attridge. Since the metrical subordination here is more of a fiction than a reality - ' slow ' requires too much semantic emphasis to be weakened - this Alexandrine can scarcely be read without seven beats . Naturally , we find a ...
Derek Attridge. Since the metrical subordination here is more of a fiction than a reality - ' slow ' requires too much semantic emphasis to be weakened - this Alexandrine can scarcely be read without seven beats . Naturally , we find a ...
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TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES | 44 |
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acceptable alliteration allow already alternation approach beat beginning chapter classical common complex conventions course create demands demotion deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple effect emphasis English example expectations experience expressive fact falling final five-beat four-beat function further give given hand iambic implied offbeat important indicate initial instance inversion kind language less linguistic means metre metrical pattern metrical set movement natural nonstresses normal noted observed occur opening optional pairing particular pause pentameter perceived perhaps phrase poem poetry poets position possible preference principle produces promotion pronunciation provides reader reading realisation reflect regular result rhyme rhythm rhythmic rules scansion semantic sense sequence simple single sounds speech stanza stress strong structure style subordination suggest syntactic tension theory third tradition triple trochaic underlying units unstressed syllables usually variation verse